KDWB's annual Jingle Ball exists largely to give tweens a chance to blow off some steam before the holidays, but this year's show looked a bit different than usual.

Oh, the sold-out crowd of 15,093 still had plenty to scream about during the show Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Eight acts performed brief sets across a five-hour span, with plenty of downtime for tweeting, drinking soda and waiting in the long lines for the bathrooms (the women's bathrooms, anyway).

This year's lineup, though, was heavy on both Cities 97-friendly performers (OneRepublic, Ed Sheeran and Train, all of whom have appeared on the station's famed "Samplers") and Brits (Sheeran, Conor Maynard, Ellie Goulding and Cher Lloyd). All that, plus Psy, the South Korean behind "Gangnam Style," YouTube's most-watched music video of all time.

In keeping with the abbreviated nature of the evening, here's a quick review of each artist, haiku-style: